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January 5, 2025
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LRC to Photoshop .CR3 files opening incorrectly

  • January 5, 2025
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When opening .CR3 file from within LRC and sending it to Photoshop it bypasses the Raw convertor opening straight into Photoshop. 
I have checked I have latest Raw update, latest LRC and latest PS. 
If I go to the file on the hard drive and open straight to Photoshop it does open the raw convert option.
Any suggestions what I am missing?

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D Fosse
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Community Expert
January 5, 2025

This is how it's supposed to work.

 

When opening from LrC, the settings are transferred to ACR which opens it silently into Photoshop. There is no reason to show the ACR interface. The settings are already made in LrC.

 

Remember that LrC and ACR are identical. They share the same processing engine.

 

 

Stuart-LAuthor
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January 6, 2025

But when sending a photo across how does it know for example what exposure\contrast\White Balance etc. I want to apply to a specific image?

Stuart-LAuthor
Participating Frequently
January 7, 2025
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quoteIf you choose the command Photo > Edit In > Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom Classic uses the current Develop module settings to convert the file from raw to RGB (using its own embedded Camera Raw engine), and sends that to Photoshop.

By @Conrad_C

 

Actually, it's always been my understanding that ACR is opening the file into Photoshop silently, using the settings passed on from LrC.

By @D Fosse

 

I took another look at this and I think you’re probably correct.


There is no option to Edit in LRC from the Library. I am assuming that there is somewhere in LRC I can apply some raw edits on all images, However. As a means to avoiding over exposing I usually shoot with 1 stop under and if this was not needed then this preset will not be needed thus I would normally correct in  raw before opening in Photoshop